Physics 281 Lab Manual

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, GEOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY

PHYSICS 281
PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
LABORATORY MANUAL

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Table of Contents
General Policies
Acknowledgement

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Experiments

Ohm's Law
Resistors in Series and in Parallel (updated Sept 10, 2003)
Temperature Dependence of Resistance
Oscilloscope
RC Time Constant
I-V Curve of Diodes
Diode Power Supply
Magnetic Field and Induction
AC Reactance of Capacitors and Inductors
Electric Resonance

General Policies

See you laboratory syllabus for the current semester

Acknowledgement

This laboratory manual is a collective work of past and present faculty members of the Department of Physics. It would not have been possible without the material provided by previous laboratory manuals written by Dr. Lawrence K. Akers, Dr. Mao-Zu Liu, Dr. Randolph S. Peterson, Mr. Clayton R. Printz. Drs. Tatiana Allen, Ling-Jun Wang and Robert L. Marlowe and Mr. Jack Pitkin keep updating the experiments . The authors thanks Kristin Whitson for tremendous help she has provided in preparing the manual and publishing the manual on the internet.